By bandweblogs on May 20, 2009 in Albums, Bands, New Releases, Press Releases, Videos | Tags: MJ Hibbett and the Validators, Prolapse, Steve Lamacq, White Town, youtube | 0 Comments

At the turn of the millennium, MJ Hibbett & The Validators released one of the world’s first ever download-only singles, “Hey Hey 16K”, which was later turned into a flash video by Rob Manuel of cult site b3ta.com …
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By bandweblogs on Apr 30, 2009 in Bands, Press Releases | Tags: Eaststrikewest, Shows, Steve Lamacq | 0 Comments

Eaststrikewest are a six piece band from Essex that formed in late 2007 following the fragmentation of previous project threemovements. Drawing influences from a multitude of genres, their sound is a collage of epic soundscapes, soaring melodies and ambient electronica …
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By bandweblogs on Aug 28, 2008 in Albums, Featured, New Releases, Press Releases, Videos | Tags: Henrik, Jamie Scott and The Town, Steve Lamacq, youtube | 1 Comment

There can’t be many musicians who can claim a Grammy-award winning producer like Giles Martin has worked on their bedroom-made album recorded on a beaten up old Mac. But then, multi-instrumentalist Henrik Irgens isn’t like most bedroom musicians …
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By bandweblogs on Jul 23, 2008 in Albums, Free Mp3s, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Henrik, Jamie Scott and The Town, Music, Steve Lamacq | 0 Comments

Henrik is set to release his album ‘Faction’ in the UK this October – but in the meantime, he’s giving away a free track …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 22, 2008 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: BBC, Cds, Dance, Djs, Live at the BBC, Music, Rob Birch, Stereo MCs, Steve Lamacq, Tour Dates, Track Listings | 0 Comments

One of the most successful hip-hop acts to emerge from the UK, Stereo MCs’ line-up revolved around three women and three men: Rob Birch (vocals), Nick ‘The Head’ Hallam (synths/computers/scratching) Owen If (percussion) plus Cath Coffey, Andrea Bedassie and Verona David (backing vocals) …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 3, 2008 in Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Camden Crawl, Camden Town, Charity, Festivals, London, Music, Shows, Steve Lamacq, Tickets, Venues | 0 Comments

Following its expansion to a two day event last year, the 7th annual Camden Crawl relocates from midweek to weekend in 2008. As well as hosting its trademark melting pot of hotly tipped and breaking new artists …
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